Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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I.—Introduction.
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2 To Timothy, my dear Child,
From Paul who, by the will of God, is an Apostle of Christ
Jesus, charged to proclaim the Life that comes from
union with Christ Jesus.
May God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord, bless
you, and be merciful to you, and give you peace.
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3 I am thankful to God, whom I serve, as my
ancestors did, with a clear conscience, when I
remember you, as I never fail to do, in my prayers—night and
day alike,
4 as I think of your tears, longing to see you, that my
happiness may be completed,
5 now that I have been reminded
of the sincere faith that you have shown. That faith was seen
first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and
is now, I am convinced, in you also.
6 And that is my reason
for reminding you to stir into flame that gift of God, which is
yours through your ordination at my hands.
7 For the Spirit
which God gave us was not a spirit of cowardice, but a spirit
of power, love, and self-control.
8 Do not, therefore, be ashamed
of the testimony which we have to bear to our Lord, nor yet of
me who am a prisoner for him; but join with me in suffering
for the Good News, as far as God enables you.
9 It was God
who saved us, and from him we received our solemn Call—
not as a reward for anything that we had done, but in fulfilment
of his own loving purpose. For that love was extended
to us,
10 through Christ Jesus, before time began, and has now
been made apparent through the Appearing of our Saviour,
Christ Jesus; who has made an end of Death, and has
brought Life and Immortality to light by that Good News,
11 of
which I was myself appointed a Herald and Apostle, and
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Teacher.
12 That is why I am undergoing these sufferings;
yet I feel no shame, for I know in whom I have put my faith,
and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have
entrusted to him until ‘That Day.’
13 Keep before you, as an
example of sound teaching, all that you learnt from me as
you listened with that faith and love which come from union
with Christ Jesus.
14 Guard by the help of the Holy Spirit, who is
within us, the glorious trust that has been committed to you.
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15 You know, of course, that all our friends in
Roman Asia turned their backs on me, and
among them Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 May the Lord
show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus; for he often
cheered me and was not ashamed of my chains.
17 On the contrary,
when he arrived in Rome, he sought eagerly for me till
he found me.
18 The Lord grant that he may find mercy at the
hands of the Lord on ‘That Day.’ The many services that he
rendered at Ephesus you have the best means of knowing. note
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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